I am tired of you people. What do you want?

— Chris Christie to a public school teacher

Citation:

Chris Christie To A Public School Teacher: “I Am Tired Of You People. What Do You Want?” According to The Washington Post, “‘Why,’ a New Jersey teacher asked Gov. Chris Christie (R), ‘do you continue to spread the myth that our schools and teachers are failing?’ The teacher who asked this at a campaign rally in Somer’s Point on Saturday (ahead of Tuesday’s gubernatorial election in the state) is Melissa Tomlinson, an elementary school teacher who also runs an after-school program. Christie answered in his trademark Christie way: by yelling at her. He pointed a finger at her, as this picture shows, and shouted: ‘Because they are!’ He also said: ‘I am tired of you people. What do you want?’” [Washington Post, 11/3/13]

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